Visitor Information
A comfortable seating area has now been created in the Inner Hall, where visitors can browse through leather-bound albums of images of Wellington, his descendants, and Apsley House. The new ‘Wellington Boot’ activity pack, for children aged 5-11, is filled with activity sheets and puzzles.
Wellington enthusiasts may also be interested in visiting the spectacular Wellington Arch opposite Apsley House, and elegant Walmer Castle, the duke’s residence when he was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
News
Apsley House’s basement gallery recently acquired a Victorian bronze cast of Wellington’s hands by Elkington, on loaned from a private owner, as well as J.P. Knight’s canvas, The Army And Navy, featuring the meeting of Wellington, Nelson and Castlereagh in September 1805.


